Usages of quasi
Magistra dicit hortum quasi novam fabulam florere, cum rosae, lilia, et violae una luceant.
The teacher says that the garden blooms like a new story, when roses, lilies, and violets shine together.
Puer clamat, quasi lupus prope sit.
The boy shouts as if a wolf were nearby.
Censor professionem facilem dictu putat, quasi omnia vera sint.
The censor thinks the formal declaration easy to state, as if everything were true.
Publicanus album legit, quasi censor sit.
The tax contractor reads the official list as if he were the censor.
Possessor tacet, quasi fundum non habeat.
The property holder is silent, as if he had no estate.
Civis incensus respondet, quasi immunis sit.
The unregistered citizen answers as if he were exempt.
Trochlea movetur quasi funis torculus frangatur.
The pulley moves as if the press rope were breaking.
Factor suculam movet quasi prelum nimis grave sit.
The press worker moves the winch as if the press beam were too heavy.
Capulator concam tenet quasi oleum iam purum sit.
The oil decanter holds the oil flask as if the oil were already pure.
Amurca in labro oleario manet quasi oleum sit.
The watery dregs remain in the oil-settling basin as if they were oil.
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